Abstract: To enable a user terminal that receives a discovery signal of another user terminal for performing Type 1 discovery to synthesize and receive the discovery signal, a user terminal capable of executing inter-terminal direct signal transmission/reception has a selecting section that selects a discovery signal transmission resource at the next period for each period, and a transmission section that transmits information on the discovery signal transmission resource at the next period, together with the discovery signal.

Abstract: To reduce interference (in-band emission) to PUCCH by an inter-terminal discovery signal when the PUCCH and inter-terminal discovery signal are subjected to frequency division multiplexing, a user terminal of the present invention performs frequency division multiplexing on the PUCCH and the inter-terminal discovery signal to transmit. Further, the user terminal of the invention is provided with a reception section that receives limited resource region information indicative of a limited resource region obtained by removing an adjacent region of a frequency resource region where the PUCCH is allocated from a radio base station, a determining section that determines a distance between the radio base station and the user terminal, and a selecting section that selects an allocation resource of the inter-terminal discovery signal from the limited resource region when the determining section determines that the distance is relatively close.

Abstract: The present invention is designed so that, in a radio communication system in which inter-terminal communication is carried out, the impact of inter-symbol interference due to the delay of inter-terminal discovery signals is reduced. The radio communication method of the present invention is used in a radio communication system in which each user terminal transmits the inter-terminal discovery signal in a transmission duration of a predetermined period. A radio base station determines the cyclic prefix (CP) length configuration for use in the transmission duration, and transmits cyclic prefix (CP) length configuration information which represents the CP length configuration. Each user terminal transmits the inter-terminal discovery signal based on the CP length configuration information.

Abstract: The present invention is designed so that, when a plurality of inter-terminal discovery signals with varying numbers of information bits are used in a radio communication system in which inter-terminal communication is carried out, user terminals can be discovered based on the inter-terminal discovery signals. According to the inter-terminal communication method of the present invention, a user terminal (#1) determines the signal format of a discovery signal based on the number of information bits of the discovery signal, transmits the discovery signal based on the signal format, and also transmits signal format information to represent this signal format. A user terminal (#2) receives the signal format information from the user terminal (#1), and, based on the signal format represented by the signal format information, detects the discovery signal.

Abstract: Provided are a resource scheduling method and device; the method comprises: scheduling resource according to the transmission demands; and configuring a frame structure with a non-fixed frame length matching the scheduled resource. The method according to the present invention prevents wastage of wireless resources caused by competition conflict or random back-off, and can better adapt to the demands of different kinds of data services with varied features in the future.

Abstract: Provided are a resource scheduling method and device; the method comprises: scheduling resource according to the transmission demands; and configuring a frame structure with a non-fixed frame length matching the scheduled resource. The method according to the present invention prevents wastage of wireless resources caused by competition conflict or random back-off, and can better adapt to the demands of different kinds of data services with varied features in the future.

Abstract: A user apparatus that transmits and receives a discovery signal, including: collision detection means that detects a collision in a received discovery signal; collision notification means that, when a collision of a received discovery signal is detected by the collision detection means, transmits collision information indicating that a collision occurs in the received discovery signal; collision information reception means that receives collision information; and collision determination means that determines whether a collision occurs in a transmitted discovery signal transmitted by the user apparatus based on the collision information received by the collision information reception means.

Abstract: A distance estimation method for, by causing a first user apparatus to receive a discovery signal from a second user apparatus, estimating a distance between the first user apparatus and the second user apparatus is provided. The distance estimation method includes a step of receiving from the second user apparatus the discovery signal including transmission power information of the discovery signal, a step of obtaining the transmission power information from the discovery signal, and a step of estimating the distance between the first user apparatus and the second user apparatus from receive power information of the discovery signal at the first user apparatus and the transmission power information.

Abstract: Provided are a resource scheduling method and device; the method comprises: scheduling resource according to the transmission demands; and configuring a frame structure with a non-fixed frame length matching the scheduled resource. The method according to the present invention prevents wastage of wireless resources caused by competition conflict or random back-off, and can better adapt to the demands of different kinds of data services with varied features in the future.